Ruzicka force-feeding

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In "Adoption bill killed on Gayle Ruzicka's questionable premise" (Tribune, March 13), Paul Rolly cites research from the American Adoption Congress that indicates that having adoptions be open results in a lower rate of abortion. HB148 would have made this option for birth mothers easier by making adoptions open unless the birth mother fills out the paperwork to make it closed.

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